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Sundin did the same thing, didn't he? Brodeur is hands down my favorite goalie of all time, i'd love to see him in a Wings jersey to finish his career. I really really don't see him going to another team though, it's probably gonna be NJ or retirement.

I'm upset that I can't neg Centcougar anymore.

It's still very early after his retirement for there to be a set date already. I'd assume as per the norm that very early in the season would be a good bet. As soon as news of this hits i'm sure someone will post a thread about it.

I'll take Ott, just the kind of gritty player I like. Gets under the other team's skin, isn't afraid to fight and hit, and has a bit of a scoring touch. He's young and teams hate to play against him.

I think .005 is a bit more accurate when it comes to Eklund. And yeah, Ek's "Sources" are a dart board with pics of players and teams pinned to it. He doesn't report rumors, he speculates and he's easily the least credible source in the hockey world. Anything involving Kovy coming here I don't see as any kind of possibility.

Astronomy is a passion of mine, and I would love an opportunity to leave this planet. The person below me has never had a cavity.

For those of you who didn't like the Mass Effect 3 ending there's good news. Today they released an extended cut of the ending in the form of downloadable content for free. Available for download on the Xbox marketplace.

Dawnguard is officially out on Xbox and it's 1600 MS points, or $19.99. I just finished downloading it but i'll post up my impressions once I sink some time into this. Been a few months since I last played Skyrim so i'm looking forward to the plunge again.

I hope you mean Evander

It was tough seeing Youk leave Boston and i'm not even a Red Sox fan.

I know exactly what you mean, I restarted the series a week ago and i'm already starting season 4 tonight and i've seen it all before. It's just that good of a series.

Just imagine all the nice contracts some of our notable NHL players are gonna get offered from the KHL if there is a lockout. It's a catastrophic scenario and as much as i'm trying to ignore it as a possibility it still scares me. cupcrazy I dig the cichlid avatar.

Even Eklund is saying hes unavailable, coming from him considering how many BS trade scenarios he dreams up it's probably legit.

Looks excellent, nice work!

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Dickey's knuckleball is disgusting.

No, but a co-worker of mine made a two foot tall elephant by cutting up cardboard boxes, it was actually really impressive. I tend to draw on receipt paper myself. The person below me wishes their place of work would burn down.

Vanek isn't that great imo, the season before last was a disaster for him and I can see him being an off and on type of player throughout his career. No thanks, especially not for 7 mil per. Derek Roy? Sure if we could convert him to playing wing instead of center. He's the better player when comparing him to Vanek and would probably come cheaper. I still see any trade in general as a last resort option, why dish out our players and picks when we can sign quality guys without sacrificing any of that? The deal with Stuart happened because it was necessary, not because the Wings are in a trading mindset. Free Agents are priority #1 and if we do it right no trades are going to happen.

The first DLC content pack titled "Dawnguard" is on it's way, promising an expansive addition to the world of Skyrim. It's currently set for release on June 26th for the Xbox 360 and late July for PS3 and PC. Due to certain exclusivity the Xbox will be seeing the first release of this and future DLC following a release on other platforms about a month later. I took time away from Skyrim but i'm looking forward to getting back into it once the DLC hits, let's hope its a smooth transition and bugs or complications won't delay it's release. I would have posted more but I took an arrow to the knee.

It's kinda shocking how close this is to what I was going to post. Plan B, Semin, Wideman, Hudler and youth. Bring in Josh Harding and potentially a grinder/goon like Prust that has some small level of hockey talent on top of the physical play. For this reason I'd pass on Konopka who i've seen mentioned before. Good news is that it's now June 17th and we only have about two more weeks of this agonizing anticipation until we actually see what this team does/doesn't do to structure for the future.

Hammel was one hit taken from a no-no tonight as well, been a lot of impressive starts lately. Verlander is due for one.

We really need focus on getting those dirty and ugly goals again. Holmstrom in his prime was a force in front of that net and our PP was stellar. Stewart is a non-option, not entirely sure why his name keeps being brought up, but realistically we need a replacement player for Holmstrom. Someone like Hornqvist or Neil who will plant their ass in front of the goalie and get some screens and deflections going. I watched game after game of 30-45 second passing surges that lead to finally being broken up or the shot being blocked or going wide. Before you know it a minute of the PP has gone by, our boys keep shuffling the puck around and the clock just seems to burn away. There was countless times on our PP this past season where I was yelling at the television "JUST SHOOT!". The Great One once said "You miss 100% of the shots you never take". We just gotta get back to basics, shoot a lot and grind for those bounces.

Does it work?! A bit expensive for my blood but it's very cool.

Semin disappointed making 6.7 million this past season, i'm not sure how motivated he would be taking a contract for 4-5 mil per. With that said, and i've made it pretty well known how I feel about Semin, if it came down to Hudler at 4 mil or Semin at 5 mil theoretically i'd probably take the risk on Semin IF it was a short contract. That way if he decides to play lazy we aren't tied up for long.

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